Brand New Cadillac

"Brand New Cadillac" is a 1959 12-bar blues song by Vince Taylor, and was originally released as a B-side. Featured musicians on the released recording were: Joe Moretti (guitars), Lou Brian (piano), Brian Locking (bass) and Brian Bennett (drums).

The song was covered in the 1960s by the British beat group Downliners Sect, and later by The Clash on their 1979 album London Calling. In 1971, Mott The Hoople, during a concert recording in Stockholm, inserted a verse of it in their version of Little Richard's "Keep a-Knockin' " (released on the live album A Tale of Two Cities in 2000). In 1980 Canadian punk band Teenage Head recorded a version on their second album Frantic City. It was also covered by the Brian Setzer Orchestra on their self-titled debut album in 1994, and by Wayne Hancock on his 1997 album, That's What Daddy Wants.

The song has been included at many Van Morrison concerts, appearing as a medley with "Goin' Down Geneva", which is about Taylor. The Fall covered it in 1978.

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